Cappeln is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated approximately 7 km southeast of Cloppenburg .
8-705: Cappelen is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Cappelen (family) , a distinguished Norwegian family Andreas Zeier Cappelen (1915–2008), Norwegian jurist and politician August Cappelen (1827–1852), Norwegian painter Axel Cappelen (1858–1919), Norwegian surgeon Diderik von Cappelen (1761–1838), Norwegian businessman and politician Didrik Cappelen (1900–1970), resistance fighter, county judge and politician Frederick William Cappelen (1857–1921), Norwegian-born architect and Minneapolis City Engineer Hans Cappelen ( Hasse ) (1903–79), businessman, resistance fighter and Norwegian witness in
16-532: A Norwegian publishing house founded in 1829 Cappelen Damm , a Norwegian publisher established in 2007 following the merger of J.W. Cappelens Forlag and N.W. Damm & Søn F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge , a bridge in Minneapolis, United States Cappeln , a municipality in Germany [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Cappelen . If an internal link intending to refer to
24-497: A bailiff in Lier , Buskerud County, Norway. The family's main branches originated from three of his sons: Jørgen Wright Cappelen , a later member of the family, founded the publishing house J. W. Cappelens Forlag . The family in Norway had stopped using the von in the 19th century. The family coat of arms were lawfully assumed in Norway in 1683: The shield is parted in two fields,
32-471: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cappelen&oldid=920119587 " Categories : Surnames Norwegian-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Cappelen (family) Cappelen
40-857: Is a Norwegian family of German origin. Johan von Cappelen immigrated to Norway in 1653 and became bailiff in Lier . A number of his descendants were businessmen, land owners, civil servants and politicians. The family is especially known for the former publishing company J.W. Cappelens Forlag , one of the oldest publishing houses of Norway. Variants of the name Cappelen are also used throughout Germany by many other families. The family originated in Cappeln near Wildeshausen in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony , Germany with Johan von Cappelen [ no ] (1627–1688), who immigrated to Norway from Bremen in 1653. Johan von Cappelen bought several properties and ended as
48-795: The Nuremberg trials Herman Cappelen (born 1967), Norwegian philosopher Johan Cappelen (1889–1947), Norwegian jurist and politician Jørgen Wright Cappelen (1805–1878), Norwegian bookseller and publisher Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen (1795–1866), Norwegian jurist and politician Pål Cappelen (born 1947), Norwegian handball player Peder von Cappelen (1763–1837), Norwegian merchant and politician Sofie Cappelen (born 1982), Norwegian actress Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820), Norwegian ship owner and businessman Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (1797–1864), Norwegian jurist and politician See also [ edit ] J.W. Cappelens Forlag ,
56-446: The first and upper one having the mother pelican feeding its young with its own blood (a pelican in its piety), and the second field has three blooming roses with leaves and stems. On top of the shield is a helmet with a crest : two buffalo horns and between them the symbol of Fortune being a naked woman holding a ship's sail in her hands and standing on an orb. The Ulefoss-line of the family has, however, dropped Fortune and uses
64-439: The two horns only. The various lines of the family have different heraldic colours ( tinctures ) in the arms. In Germany the family used a merchant's mark . Cappeln Cappeln consists of the following rural communities: In 1159 Cappeln became independent from nearby Emstek and founded its own parish. The name derives from the word "chapel". The old church (built in 1150) was only demolished in 1900 to make room for
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